magic -- payoff(s) / challenge(s) / game(s) / math(s) / plan(s)

* _ .. -- @ media / idea(s) / change(s) / theme(s) ? [:/] _


education(s) question(s) moral(s) rethoric(s)


... plain-speech tradition ... -- ... utopian view of a society where language was unproblematic ... -- ... where people said what they meant and meant what they said ... -- ... success in the marketplace, for those with something to sell, involved more and more the theatrical manipulation of appearance(s) ...

... ... ... brain(s) engine(s) script(s) create(s) narrative(s) impact(s) closure(s) ... ... ...

life(s) / closure(s) / reflect(s) / fight(s) / fable(s) of abundance

* - play / social(s) / machine(s) / method(s) / cycle(s) # ! @ Æ